bosağa biyik bolurğa
/bosaʁa bijik bolurʁa/
Literal translation
for the threshold to be high
Intended meaning
To offer a feeble, unconvincing excuse for one's failure or delay.
- Nek keçikdiŋ desele: «Ollahiy, üyge barğanlay, bosağa biyik boldu da, ötalmay qaldım», – dewçen edi.When they asked him why he was late, he would say: "By God, just as I was heading home, the threshold got high and I could not step over it."
Variants
- bosağa miyik bolurğa (къарачай)
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 141